Harness-crupper



(No Model.)

0. TOBIAS. Harness Crapper.

Patented Oct. 26, 1880.

N. PETERS. PHOT0-L|THOGRAPML WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-O CYRUS TOBIAS, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

HARNESS-CRUPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 233,715, dated October26, 1880.

Application filed July 16, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUS TOBIAS, of Freeport, in the county ofStephenson and State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Grapper forHarness, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish a crapper of improvedconstruction, combining the advantages of rigidity, lightness,smoothness, coolness, cleanliness, durability, and cheapness.

Oruppers have been constructed of metal frames covered with leather, andof caoatchonc cast hollow, so as to form an air-space within; but thesedevices are not satisfactory, as the metal frames are solid, andtherefore weighty,

and the leather covering and caoutchouc too.

heating and not cleanly in use.

My improved crapper consists of a hollow sheet-metal body having itsends open for the reception of the attaching-straps, which are securedby rivets.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a plan view of my improved crapper, partly in section, on the line1 1, Fig. 2, so as to exhibit the mode of attaching the (No model.)

straps. Fig. 2 represents a section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1, showing thethin shell of the crapper.

A represents the body of the crapper, which conforms to the mostapproved and common construction, and is made hollow, of sheet-zinc orother metal.

B B are the attaching-straps, which are inserted three-fourths of aninch, more or less, in the open ends a a of the crapper, and are securedby rivets (J C.

This crapper is as simple and convenient in use as the ordinary crapper,and more economi-

